IND Vs BAN 2nd ODI Match Highlight

In the 2nd ODI between India and Bangladesh, it is host team that emerged winners. In the last ball thriller, Bangladesh successfully defended 271 to win the match by 5 runs. Let us look at the IND Vs BAN 2nd ODI Match Highlight in detail.

IND VS BAN 2nd ODI: India Fail to Chase 272

Chasing 272, India did not have a very impressive start. The team lost 4 wickets for just 65. This situation was much like Bangladesh, but singular effort of Shreyas Iyer couldn’t do much for the team. Though he tried his best scoring 82, he lost his wicket at the crucial moment. From then, the series of wickets fell again. None of the lower order batters made any impact. The efforts of Mehidy and Mahmadullah could not be replicated by any of the Indian batter.

At the end, injured Rohit Sharma came and tried to turn the game around. He stayed in the middle hitting a few boundaries to raise some hope in the fans. It looked like India could win it when they needed 40 off 21. But Siraj stood through 48th over without scoring a single run. It hurt India and it hurt badly! The situation came down to scoring 20 off the last 6 ball. Rohit did manage to hit a couple of fours and a 6 but fell one big hit short and lost the match by 5 runs.

IND VS BAN 2nd ODI: Special Effort by Bangladesh Bowlers

Bangladesh bowlers were impressive. They did not repeat India’s mistake. They did not show any complacency after taking wickets early on. They took regular breakthroughs and did not let any partnership to grow. Virat, Shikhar, KL were all dismissed cheaply by Hosain, Rahman and Hasan. Hossain was best bowler with 3 wickets, Miraz and Shakib took 2 while Mustafizur and Mahmadullah took 1 wicket each. Credits to Mistafizur for showing composure in the end and showing his experience. And all the applause to Mehidy for playing allround cricket for Bangladesh.

IND VS BAN 2nd ODI: Earlier in the Match

In the first innings, Bangladesh were at similar position early on but Mahmudullah and Mehidy took team to 271. Mehidy’s special effort where he hit 68 off last 5 overs with his partners was a game changer.

India bowlers clearly lacked character in the second half of the innings and they had to pay for that. Those last moments changed the momentum towards Bangladesh and they capitalised well on them.

IND VS BAN 2nd ODI: Match Analysis

Since 2016, Bangladesh hasn’t lost an at-home ODI series since. The outcome shouldn’t exactly come as a surprise, although few had predicted it. At the very end, Rohit gave it his all, stepping out barely fit and launching into a barrage of strokes, but he came one massive shot short of leading India across the finish line.

After India had dropped to a hazardous situation in the run chase, Axar and Iyer impressed early in the pursuit. The bowlers for Bangladesh were effective with the new ball and then performed well in crucial situations to guarantee that the series was won with a game remaining.

India has some serious reckoning to do in terms of their allrounders. Are they really doing the job well? They have one year till the next year to have a good couple of them.